L.A. Explosion!

L.A. Explosion!
Studio album by the Last
Released	August 15, 1979 (August 15, 1979)
Recorded	December 1978 – February 1979 (December 1978 – February 1979)
Studio	Media Art Studio, Hermosa Beach
Genre	Power pop
Label	Bomp!
Producer	John Harrison, The Last
The Last chronology
L.A. Explosion! (1979) Painting Smiles on a Dead Man (1985)

L.A. Explosion! is the debut studio album by American power pop band the Last, released in 1979 by record label Bomp!.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Exclaim!	favourable[2]

Trouser Press called it "a near-perfect debut, marred only by flat production."^[3] In 1988, The Washington Post wrote that, "before the onslaught of corporate pop-rock ... there was one L. A. power-pop combo that was for real: The Last, whose classic 1979 L. A. Explosion album influenced popsters and punkers alike."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"She Don't Know Why I'm Here"	Joe Nolte	3:29
2.	"This Kind of Feeling"	Joe Nolte	2:53
3.	"Bombing of London"	Joe Nolte	2:34
4.	"Century City Rag"	Joe Nolte	2:39
5.	"Walk Like Me"	Joe Nolte	2:39
6.	"Slavedriver"	Joe Nolte	1:55
7.	"Every Summer Day"	Joe Nolte	3:36
8.	"The Rack"	Mike Nolte, Joe Nolte	1:35
9.	"Objections"	Joe Nolte	2:40
10.	"A Fool Like You"	Vitus Mataré	2:00
11.	"Someone's Laughing"	Joe Nolte	3:16
12.	"I Don't Wanna Be in Love"	Joe Nolte	1:30
13.	"Be-Bop-a-Lula"	Gene Vincent, Donald Graves, Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis	4:00
14.	"Looking At You"	Joe Nolte	3:09
15.	"The Rack (Reprise)"	Mike Nolte, Joe Nolte	1:23
Total length:			39:13

Personnel

The Last

• Joe Nolte - guitar, lead vocals
• Vitus Mataré - keyboard, flute
• Mike Nolte - backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 4, 8 and 15
• David Nolte - bass, lead vocals on track 12
• Jack Reynolds - drums

References

1. Schnee, Steve "Spaz". "L.A. Explosion – The Last | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
2. Ferraz, Rob (May 31, 2003). "The Last L.A. Explosion". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
3. Lamey, Charles P.; Robbins, Ira; Rabid, Jack. "TrouserPress.com :: Last". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
4. Jenkins, Mark (26 Aug 1988). "The Other Indy 500: Underplayed Circuit". The Washington Post. p. N22.

External links

• L.A. Explosion! at Discogs (list of releases)